A-Z Movies

April 2017
A-Z Movies
Saw II
THRILLER 2005 Horror (MA 15+ alv)
April 7
Donnie Wahlberg, Tobin Bell.
Jigsaw is back. The brilliant, disturbed
mastermind returns for another round
of horrifying life-or-death games and
this time he’s invited Detective Eric
Matthews to join the game.
Saw III
THRILLER 2006 Horror (MA 15+ ahl)
April 12
Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith.
Jigsaw has disappeared. With his
new apprentice Amanda, Jigsaw has
Doctor Lynn Denlon and Jeff unaware
that they are about to become
the latest pawns on his vicious
chessboard.
Saw: The Final Chapter
THRILLER 2010 Horror (MA 15+ hv)
April 19
Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor.
As a deadly battle rages over Jigsaw’s
brutal legacy, a group of his survivors
seek the support of self-help guru and
fellow survivor Bobby Dagen, whose
own dark secrets unleash a new wave
of terror.
Scooby Doo! And KISS:
Rock And Roll Mystery
FAMILY 2015 Action/Adventure (PG)
April 4, 24, 27
Matthew Lillard, Gene Simmons.
The Mystery Inc. gang teams up with
the rock superstars at KISS World
theme park to save Earth from the
Crimson Witch and The Destroyer.
Scooby-Doo! Moon
Monster Madness
FAMILY 2015 Animation (PG)
April 4, 30
Mindy Cohn, Frank Welker.
Scooby-Doo and the gang blast off
for an epic, other-worldly adventure
in space.
Scoop
MASTERPIECE 2006 Comedy (PG)
April 29
Scarlett Johansson, Hugh Jackman.
A journalist’s quest to find a serial
killer leads her to a handsome British
aristocrat.
Maze Runner: The
Scorch Trials
ACTION 2015 Sci‐Fi/Fantasy (M av)
April 9, 11, 16, 25
Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario.
The Gladers team up with resistance
fighters to take on WCKD’s vastly
superior forces and uncover its
shocking plans for them all.
Scouts Guide To The
Zombie Apocalypse
COMEDY 2015 Comedy (MA 15+ hnv)
April 9, 17, 26, 30
Tye Sheridan, Logan Miller.
Three scouts and lifelong friends
join forces with one badass cocktail
waitress to become a team of
unlikely heroes against the zombie
apocalypse.
A Second Chance
WORLD MOVIES 2014 Denmark,
Sweden
Drama (MA 15+ al)
April 21, 22
Dir. Susanne Bier, Nikolaj Coster-
Waldau, Maria Bonnevie.
Two detectives and best friends
investigate the home of a drug
affected couple and discover a child
in the closet.
Secret In Their Eyes
THRILLER 2015 Thriller/Suspense
(M alv)
April 2, 7, 13, 18, 26
Julia Roberts, Nicole Kidman.
A former FBI agent, haunted by
the murder of his former partner’s
daughter, sets out to find the truth
behind the case left unsolved for the
last 12 years.
The Secret Life Of Bees
MASTERPIECE 2008 Drama (M av)
April 21
Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Hudson.
A teenager haunted by memories
of her mother’s tragic death finds a
sweeter life when she meets three
spirited sisters who are beekeepers.
See Spot Run
FAMILY 2001 Family (PG)
April 2, 8, 12, 18, 27
David Arquette, Michael Clarke
Duncan.
A mailman takes in a stray dog, only
to learn that it’s an FBI drug-sniffing
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canine that has escaped from a
witness protection program and
is a target for assassination by a
crime boss.
Self/less
PREMIERE 2015 Sci‐Fi/Fantasy (M alv)
April 4, 10, 22, 26, 28
Ryan Reynolds, Matthew Goode.
A dying mogul transfers his
consciousness into a healthy body,
but finds that neither the procedure
nor the company that performed it are
what they seem.
Semi-Pro
COMEDY 2008 Comedy (M ls)
April 9, 17, 23, 26, 30
Will Ferrell, Woody Harrelson.
The worst team in the renegade
American Basketball Association is on
the brink of collapse.
Sense And Sensibility
ROMANCE 1995 Romance
April 3, 6, 10, 14, 23, 25
Kate Winslet, Emma Thompson.
Based on Jane Austen’s classic novel,
tells of the Dashwood sisters whose
chances at marriage seem doomed by
their family’s sudden loss of fortune.
Seven Pounds
MASTERPIECE 2008 Drama (M a)
April 10, 16, 24
Will Smith, Rosario Dawson.
An extraordinary man gives everything
he has to change the lives of seven
troubled strangers forever.
Seven Psychopaths
COMEDY 2012 Comedy (MA 15+ lv)
April 14, 20
Colin Farrell, Woody Harrelson.
A struggling screenwriter
inadvertently becomes entangled in
the Los Angeles criminal underworld
after his oddball friends kidnap a
gangster’s beloved Shih Tzu.
Sex Life Of Plants
WORLD MOVIES 2015 Chile
Drama (R 18+ s)
April 20
Dir. Sebastián Brahm, Francisca
Lewin, Mario Horton.
After a head injury makes a dim-witted
stranger out of Barbara’s beloved
Guille, she ceases to feel any desire
for him.
Sex, Lies And Videotape
MASTERPIECE 1989 Drama (M sl)
April 24
James Spader, Andie MacDowell.
A vist from an old friend reveals the
truth about a high-infidelity marriage.
Shall We Dance?
ROMANCE 2004 Romance (M l)
April 5, 10, 17, 23
Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez.
A jaded lawyer stumbles into love
through dancing lessons. But when his
wife suspects an affair, fancy footwork
is needed to keep his passion alive.
The Shallows
PREMIERE 2016 Thriller/Suspense
(M lv)
April 2, 5, 7, 20, 26
Blake Lively, Oscar Jaenada.
When a surfer is attacked by a great
white shark 20 metres from shore, her
short journey back to safety becomes
the ultimate contest of wills.
Shaun The Sheep Movie
FAMILY 2015 Family
April 8, 16, 21, 26
Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes.
It’s up to the most rascally sheep in
England to bring the flock home when
a caravan and a very steep hill lead
them all to the big city.
She Killed In Ecstasy
WORLD MOVIES 1971 Germany
Horror (MA 15+ asv)
April 9, 10
Dir. Frank Hollmann, Susann Korda,
Fred Williams.
A young doctor commits suicide after
a medical committee terminates
his research into human embryos,
prompting his grieving wife to go on a
vengeful rampage.
She’s Funny That Way
ROMANCE 2014 Comedy (M al)
April 4, 10, 19, 26
Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston.
After a Broadway director hires a call
girl-turned-actress to star alongside
his wife and his wife’s ex-lover in his
new play, a love triangle forms and
complicates everything.
She’s Out Of My League
COMEDY 2010 Romance (MA 15+ ls)
April 7
Jay Baruchel, Alice Eve.
A young guy hangs out with his high
school buddies and co-workers and
broods over his ex-girlfriend, but
all that changes when a beautiful
woman, who he considers out of his
league, asks him to a hockey game.
Sherlock Holmes
THRILLER 2009 Action/Adventure
(M v)
April 6, 11, 17, 22
Robert Downey Jr, Jude Law.
Revealing fighting skills as lethal as his
intellect, Holmes must unravel a plot
to take over England.
Sherpa
MASTERPIECE 2015 Documentary
(M al)
April 4
Ed Douglas, Russell Price.
In 2013, a block of ice crashed onto the
climbing route to Everest and news
channels around the world reported of
a brawl between European climbers
and a mob of angry Sherpas.
Shine
MASTERPIECE 1996 Drama (M a)
April 21, 28
Geoffrey Rush, Sonia Todd.
Inspired by the life of eccentric pianist
David Helfgott, this is the story about
a boy who was never allowed to grow
up, and who became a 40-year-old
prodigy.
Shooter
ACTION 2007 Action/Adventure
(MA 15+ v)
April 4, 13
Mark Wahlberg, Michael Peña.
A former Marine sniper is framed for a
presidential assassination. As he races
to prove his innocence, every law
enforcement agency in the country
is on his tail.
Shortbus
WORLD MOVIES 2006 US
Comedy Drama (R 18+ s)
April 27, 27, 28
Dir. John Cameron Mitchell, Lindsay
Beamish, Sook-Yin Lee.
New Yorkers visit a Brooklyn sex salon
to explore a vast range of hedonistic
desires, often with hilarious results.
Short Skin
WORLD MOVIES 2014 Italy
Comedy (R 18+ s)
April 28, 29
Dir. Duccio Chiarini, Matteo Creatini,
Franscesca Agostini.
An awkward teenage boy with
phimosis deals with a lack of
confidence and sexual pressure from
the outside world.
Show Boat
FOX CLASSICS 1951 Musical/Dance
April 24
Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner.
The daughter of a riverboat captain
falls in love with a charming gambler,
but their fairytale romance is
threatened when his luck turns sour.
Sicario
THRILLER 2015 Thriller/Suspense
(MA 15+ av)
April 13, 19, 23
Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin.
In the lawless border area stretching
between the US and Mexico, an
idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by an
elite government task force official
to aid in the escalating war against
drugs.
H Signs
THRILLER 2002 Sci‐Fi/Fantasy (M a)
April 15, 16, 21, 29
Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix.
The gripping story of an ordinary
family as they encounter the
possibility that Earth is being invaded
by creatures from another planet.
The Silence Of The
Lambs
THRILLER 1991 Thriller/Suspense
(MA 15+ vl)
April 6
Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster.
A young FBI cadet must confide in an
incarcerated and manipulative killer to
receive his help to catch another serial
killer nicknamed Buffalo Bill who skins
his victims.
Silent Hill
THRILLER 2006 Horror (MA 15+ vh)
April 7, 11, 20, 24
Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean.
A mother desperately searches for
her lost daughter after a violent car
crash in the horrific town of Silent Hill,
where darkness preys on every soul
and hell’s creations await around
every corner.
The Simpsons Movie
FAMILY 2007 Family (PG)
April 22, 23, 28
Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner.
When accident-prone Homer creates
environmental chaos, Springfield is
quarantined and television’s favourite
dysfunctional family flees to Alaska.
The Sinful Nuns Of St.
Valentine
WORLD MOVIES 1974 Italy
Horror (MA 15+ asv)
April 26, 27
Dir. Sergio Grieco, Françoise Prevost,
Jenny Tamburi.
A young woman is locked away in a
convent by her family in order to keep
her away from her lover, Esteban.
Singin’ In The Rain
FOX CLASSICS 1952 Musical
Comedy (PG)
April 15
Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor.
The silent movies are giving way to
talkies, and a hoofer-turned-matinee
idol is caught in that bumpy transition,
as well as his buddy, prospective lady
love and a shrew dish co-star.
A Single Man
MASTERPIECE 2009 Romance (M a)
April 9, 10, 21, 28
Colin Firth, Julianne Moore.
A British college professor struggles to
find meaning in his life after the death
of his long-time partner.
Single White Female
THRILLER 1992 Thriller/Suspense
(M sv)
April 4, 9, 17, 29
Bridget Fonda, Jennifer Jason Leigh.
A woman’s ad for a female tenant
opens the door to unrelenting terror.
She takes over her spare room, her
boyfriend and her identity.
Sisters
COMEDY 2015 Comedy (MA 15+ l)
April 2, 14, 18, 24, 25
Amy Poehler, Tina Fey.
Given one weekend to clean out
their childhood bedroom before
their parents sell their family home,
two sisters decide to throw one last
epic party.
Sleepers
THRILLER 1996 Thriller/Suspense
(MA 15+ av)
April 11, 23
Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman.
In a tale of innocence lost and
vengeance unleashed, four men plot
retribution over their mistreatment in a
violent reform school as boys.
Sleeping Beauty
FOXTEL MOVIES DISNEY 1959 Family
April 14, 15, 20, 24, 30
Mary Costa, Bill Shirley.
Princess Aurora is cursed by a
vengeful fairy and doomed to prick
her finger on the spindle of a spinning
wheel and fall into a deep slumber,
with the only remedy being a kiss from
her one true love.
Smilin’ Through
FOX CLASSICS 1941 Musical/Dance
April 15
Brian Aherne, Jeanette MacDonald.
An embittered old man softens when
he has to raise his orphaned niece,
who reminds him of his long-ago
fiancée.
Snakes On A Plane
ACTION 2006 Action/Adventure
(M dlsv)
April 10, 14, 19
Samuel L Jackson, Julianna
Margulies.
FBI Agent Flynn is transporting a
witness, but as the plane reaches
30,000 feet, hundreds of deadly
snakes are released, causing violent
mayhem.
Snatch
ACTION 2000 Action/Adventure
(MA 15+ lv)
April 16
Jason Statham, Alan Ford.
Crooked boxing promoters, violent
bookies, a Russian gangster,
incompetent robbers and suss
jewellers fight over a priceless stolen
diamond.
Snow Buddies
FOXTEL MOVIES DISNEY 2008 Family
April 5, 26, 2
Jarvis Dashkewytch, James Belushi.
The Buddies venture to the frosty
arctic and team up with new friends in
a thrilling dogsled race across Alaska.
Snow Dogs
FOXTEL MOVIES DISNEY 2002 Family
April 4, 6, 13, 17, 22
Cuba Gooding Jr, James Coburn.
A Miami dentist inherits a team of
sled dogs and decides to race them
in Alaska’s Arctic Challenge to spite a
crusty mountain man who thinks the
dogs should be his.
Snow White And
The Seven Dwarfs
FOXTEL MOVIES DISNEY 1937 Family
April 20, 21, 26, 30
Adriana Caselotti, Lucille La Verne.
A beautiful princess, Snow White,
has her life threatened by a jealous
queen but finds safe haven with seven
lovable dwarfs until a mysterious old
woman arrives with a poison apple.
The Soloist
MASTERPIECE 2009 Drama (M al)
April 18, 22, 30
Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr.
A journalist discovers a homeless
former classical music prodigy and
helps him achieve his dream.
Something Borrowed
ROMANCE 2011 Romance (M ls)
April 8, 15, 18, 30
Ginnifer Goodwin, Kate Hudson.
Rachel is a generous and loyal pal
to her engaged best friend Darcy.
But after celebrating her 30th
birthday, perpetual good girl Rachel
unexpectedly ends up in the arms of
Darcy’s fiancée.
Something Wicked This
Way Comes
FOXTEL MOVIES DISNEY 1983
Family (PG)
April 5, 18
Jason Robards, Jonathan Pryce.
On a grim and gusty October day in
Green Town, Illinois, two young boys
encounter a distressed man who
foretells of danger blowing their way.
Sommersby
ROMANCE 1993 Drama (M s)
April 6, 14, 18, 26, 28
Richard Gere, Jodie Foster.
Based on the French film The Return
of Martin Guerre, a US Civil War soldier
returns home to a farm in ruins and a
wife who wishes he was dead.
Son Of Saul
WORLD MOVIES 2015 Hungary
Drama War Drama (M alnv)
April 25, 26
Dir. László Nemes, Géza Röhrig,
Levente Molnár.
In the horror of Auschwitz in 1944, a
prisoner, forced to burn the corpses of
his own people, finds moral survival
whilst trying to salvage the body of a
young boy he takes for his son.
Song One
ROMANCE 2014 Drama (M ls)
April 7, 11, 16, 29
Anne Hathaway, Mary Steenburgen.
A young woman returns home when
her estranged brother is injured. As
he lies in a coma, she embarks on a
quest to learn how his life has evolved
in her absence.
The Sons Of Katie Elder
FOX CLASSICS 1965 War/‌Western (PG)
April 2, 3
John Wayne, Dean Martin.
Four brothers return home for their
mother’s funeral, and remain to find
out what happened to her and their
ranch, as well as why their father
was killed.
The Sound Of Music
FAMILY 1965 Drama
April 5, 12, 16, 22, 27
Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer.
Failing in her attempts to become
a nun, a young woman leaves an
Austrian convent to become a
governess to the children of a Naval
officer widower.
Southpaw
PREMIERE 2015 Drama (MA 15+ lv)
April 3, 13, 18, 21, 30
Jake Gyllenhaal, Rachel McAdams.
After losing his wife in an accident
and his daughter to child protection
services, a boxer turns to an unlikely
saviour to help win back the trust of
those he loves.
Space Buddies
FOXTEL MOVIES DISNEY 2009 Family
April 5, 26, 2
Jason Earles, Josh Flitter.
Moving at warp speed, dodging
asteroids and more, the Buddies and
their two new friends, Spudnick and
Gravity, must summon their courage
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and ingenuity to launch plans for a
moon landing and a rocketing trip
back home.
Spectre
ACTION 2015 Action/Adventure (M v)
April 13, 18, 23, 28
Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz.
After receiving a cryptic message
from his past, James Bond sets out
to uncover the terrible truth behind a
sinister organisation called SPECTRE.
Spooks: The Greater
Good
ACTION 2015 Action/Adventure
(M alsv)
April 20
Kit Harington, Tuppence Middleton.
British intelligence officer Sir Harry
Pearce finds himself blamed when a
terrorist escapes from custody.
St Elmo’s Fire
ROMANCE 1985 Drama (M adls)
April 3, 11, 19, 27
Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe.
Struggling to make sense of life after
college, seven friends trade lovers,
secrets and yada-yadas at their
favourite college hang out, until a final
crisis involving a dysfunctional party
girl forces them out of the nest.
St. Trinian’s
FAMILY 2007 Comedy (M ds)
April 6, 11, 16, 22, 26
Talulah Riley, Rupert Everett.
The Education Minister tries bringing
discipline and order to the anarchic St
Trinian’s, even if he is an old flame of
the headmistress.
Stand By Me
MASTERPIECE 1986 Drama (M al)
April 9, 15
Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix.
A group of friends sets out on an
unforgettable two-day trek to find a
missing teenager, which turns into an
odyssey of self-discovery.
Starship Troopers
ACTION 1997 Sci‐Fi/Fantasy (MA 15+ v)
April 6, 18
Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer.
Fire-spitting, brain-sucking bugs
attack Earth and wipe Buenos Aires
off the map. Four troopers come to the
rescue by travelling to a distant galaxy
for the final showdown.
Star Wars: The Force
Awakens
ACTION 2015 Action/Adventure (M av)
April 23
Harrison Ford, Daisy Ridley.
As the First Order attempts to rule the
galaxy, only a ragtag group of heroes
can stop them, with the help of the
Resistance.
Step Up 2: The Streets
ROMANCE 2008 Romance (PG)
April 9, 15, 27
Briana Evigan, Robert Hoffman.
A rebellious street dancer finds herself
not only fighting to fit in to an elite
Maryland School of the Arts, but also
trying to hold onto her old life.
Still Alice
MASTERPIECE 2014 Drama (M al)
April 14, 22, 29
Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin.
A linguistics professor with
Alzheimer’s fights to retain her sense
of self as her three grown children
watch their mother disappear a little
more with each passing day.
The Stopover
WORLD MOVIES 2016 France
Drama (M dlsv)
April 12, 13
Dir. Delphine Coulin & Muriel Coulin,
Soko, Ariane Labed.
Two young French soldiers take
a three-day leave in Cyprus after
finishing their tour of duty in
Afghanistan.
The Story Of O
WORLD MOVIES 1975 France
Drama (R 18+ as)
April 18, 19
Dir. Just Jaeckin, Corinne Cléry,
Udo Kier.
A young fashion photographer known
only as O surrenders herself at a
remote chateau at her lover’s request,
where she is immediately subjected
to a round-the-clock regimen of
sadomasochistic rituals.
Straight Outta
Compton
PREMIERE 2015 Drama (MA 15+ l)
April 8, 16, 22, 24, 29
O’Shea Jackson Jr, Corey Hawkins.